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Center Game: Normal Variation

ECO C22 · 7,194 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6
50% White4% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Qe33,64850.7%Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation C22
Qd11,94127.0%
Qa477810.8%
Qc43274.5%Center Game: Hall Variation C22
Qd32693.7%
Qd51001.4%
Qd2540.8%
Qc3470.7%

A further 30 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5Center Game 2. d4Center Game Accepted 2... exd4Center Game 3. Qxd4Center Game: Normal Variation 3... Nc6

Other lines in this family

Paulsen Attack VariationC22… 4. Qe33,648Berger VariationC22… 4. Qe3 Nf61,223Hall VariationC22… 4. Qc4327Center GameC21…8,483Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf38,185Halasz-McDonnell GambitC21… 3. f41,908Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c51,515von der Lasa GambitC21… 3. Bc41,500Kieseritzky VariationC21… 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4973Ross GambitC21… 3. Bd3300

All 13 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.